- ὀπυίω
- ὀπυίω, [dialect] Att. [full] ὀπύω Arist.EN1148b32, Moer.p.278 P., also Cerc.17.41 (Hsch. gives ὀπυόλαι· γεγαμηκότες), used by Hom. only in [tense] pres., and in [tense] impf. with or without augm.: [tense] fut. ὀπύσω [pron. full] [ῡ] Ar.Ach.255.—[dialect] Ep. Verb, used also in Cret. (v. infr.) and later [dialect] Att. Prose:I [voice] Act., of the man, marry, take to wife (= τὸ κατὰ νόμον μίγνυσθαι, Hsch. s.v. βεινεῖν),
τὴν Εὔμηλος ὄπυιε Od.4.798
, cf. 2.207, Il.16.178 ;πρεσβυτάτην δ' ὤπυιε 13.429
, cf. 18.383 ;τοῦ γὰρ ὀπυίεις παῖδα Hes.Sc.356
;δῶκεν ὀπυίειν θυγατ έρα ἥν Id.Th.819
, cf. Pi.I.4(3).59, Ar.l.c.; αἰ δέ κα . . ὁ ἐπιβάλλων ἡβίονσαν λείονσαν ὀπυίεθθαι μὴ λῇ ὀπυίεν if . . the man whose right it is does not wish to marry her, though she is of marriageable age and willing to marry, Leg.Gort.7.42 : abs., πέντε δέ τοι φίλοι υἷες . . , οἱ δύ' ὀπυίοντες, τρεῖς δ' ἠΐθεοι θαλέθοντες two wedded. etc., Od.6.63.2 [voice] Pass., of the woman, to be married,τόν ῥ' ἐξ Αἰσύμηθεν ὀπυιομένη τέκε μήτηρ Il.8.304
, cf. Solon. ap. Plu.Sol. 20 ;αἰ κύσαιτο καὶ τέκοι ϝοικέα μὴ ὀπυιομένα Leg.Gort.4.19
: c. dat., αἰ δὲ τῷ αὐτῷ αὖτιν ὀπυίοιτο πρὸ τῶ ἐνιαυτῶ ib.4.II later, in [voice] Act., merely to have connexion with a woman, Cerc. l.c., Luc.Eun. 12, Merc.Cond.41, etc.:—[voice] Pass., of the woman,οὐκ ὀπύουσιν ἀλλ' ὀπύονται [γυναῖκες] Arist.
l.c., cf. AP10.56.7 (Pall.);ἔνθ' ἂν εὕρῃ τὸν ἄρρενα ὑπὸ τῆς θηλείας ὀπυιόμενον D.H.19.2
. (ὀπύ (ς) ψω, cf. ὀπυς-τύς and perh. Skt. pusyati 'nourish', 'maintain'.)
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